As the year begins, there have been many questions as to whether or not Herbalife Nutrition Ltd has growth potential in 2019. Most serious investors have been asking these questions so that they can determine the chances of success if they banked on Herbalife at the stock exchange. However, Herbalife has not been mentioned among the top 30 popular companies in the hedge fund although it was number 38 towards the end of last year’s third quarter.

Some of the Herbalife investors have however begun trading since the beginning of this week, with a set expiration of the trading period in August 2019. This goes to show that all hope is not lost, as the investors are hoping for better times during the trading period. It is also a representation of possible opportunities to be offered to the sellers during the year.

The set trading contract has been assigned to a bid price of $4.60 and an asking price of $57.50 which basically means that should an investor want to sell-to-open the trading contract, he or she would be buying the stock at $57.50, although they would get a set premium which makes the total cost of shares amount to approximately $52.90 even before the broker commissions are applied.

Therefore to an average investor that is interested in Herbalife stocks, this would be a better alternative as compared to paying $58.56 per share. However, there are chances that the contract would expire while worthless according to analytics who have estimated that the odds of the worthless expiration at about 59%. Although the odds may change with time, investors are advised to be careful as they make the choice to take part in the trading contract.

Towards the end of the third quarter of 2018, there was a notable increase in volume points in Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. This was the time that the company achieved the highest volume points since 2012 which was initially the company’s best year. The increase in the volume points exceeded the projections that the management had set for 2018.

This could show that the trend of volume points increasing continues even in 2019 unless there are extreme and strenuous economic conditions, in the case of which there is no expected drop in the volume points rather there is an expected stagnancy. To date, Herbalife has held an enviable portfolio and position especially in the areas of weight management and fitness. The company plans on expanding its market so that it can tap to a number of countries thereby increasing its global presence in 2019.